Australian Services Union NSW & ACT in Redfern, New South Wales | Trade union

Australian Services Union NSW & ACT

Locality: Redfern, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 9310 4000

Address: 1/39-47 Renwick Street 2016 Redfern, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.asumembers.org.au

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25.01.2022 Federal Labor Leader Anthony Albanese, Shadow NDIS Minister Bill Shorten MP and Shadow Education Minister Tanya Plibersek took time to send a message of thanks to ASU members working on the frontline in essential community and disability services. You can watch more messages of thanks from political leaders, sector leaders and union leaders in the comments below. #ValueEssentialWorkers

24.01.2022 Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. COVID-19 has seen many workers working from home, but for some home isn’t safe. For many people experiencing family violence, their workplace is the only safe place. It is a space where arrangements can be safely made to leave family violence. Working from home has now made workplaces unsafe for many workers. ... In association with Unions NSW and Rape & Domestic Violence Services Australia, the ASU has developed a guide to "Working From Home - when home isn't safe". Download a copy here: https://www.asumembers.org.au/working_from_home_when_home_i

24.01.2022 Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. It’s a good reminder that we all need to talk more about mental health both in the workplace and in our community. We want to give a shout out to all the ASU members working in community mental health services. Your work is often undervalued and overlooked but you are essential workers on the frontline. This year has been really challenging, and you’ve been there for the most vulnerable in our community.... Remember, there's more to say after "are you ok?". We regularly run Mental Health Awareness in the Workplace training (we ran it online last night!) and it’s available online and on-demand for ASU members. If someone says they’re not OK, make time to listen, encourage action and check-in. That conversation could change, or even save, their life. RUOK? Day ASU - By Your Side

24.01.2022 Community and disability workers across Australia are between $200 and $650 better off each week because ASU members won Equal Pay. Your pay is going up again on December 1st. Find out by how much at https://myequalpay.com.au.

24.01.2022 2020 has been a challenging time for many of us. We’re running Mental Health Awareness in the Workplace: Understanding the Basics, an online webinar for ASU members. Run by qualified psychologist Sherelle Connaughton, the webinar will explain the basic signs and symptoms of mental health challenges, discuss how we manage these challenges in the workplace and explain support roles and responsibilities and referral sources.... Register online, and check out other courses designed for ASU members, and run by experts. https://www.asumembers.org.au/new_online_courses_for_asu_me

24.01.2022 Today, there are more than 1 million Australians are out of work. The Government should be focusing on protecting jobs. However frontline jobs in our community sector are at risk because the Federal Government plans to walk away from the sector. After funding their fair share for 8 years, the Federal Government hasn't yet committed to ongoing funding of Equal Pay. This would leave a $500 million funding black hole in the community sector.... We can't afford to walk away from jobs and services. We can't afford to add tens of thousands of skilled, essential community workers and carers like Peita to the unemployment queue. We must Save Equal Pay. www.saveequalpay.com

23.01.2022 Today is Equal Pay Day. Back in 2012, union members in the community sector won Equal Pay. We won pay rises of between 23% and 45% for every worker in our sector.... The Fair Work Commission ordered that our Equal Pay increases be phased in with the final installment due later this year in December. Our work was undervalued and underpaid but together we won funding from the federal and state governments to fund our new higher rates of pay. And now, the Federal Government is turning its back on the community sector and walking away from an 8-year commitment to fund Equal Pay. Our frontline and essential community services can’t afford the proposed $500 million cut to the sector. Australia can’t afford to lose thousands of jobs and the vulnerable people our sector supports can’t afford to see thousands of local services close their doors. Tell the Government to save jobs, save services and Save Equal Pay in the October Federal Budget. https://saveequalpay.com #EqualPayDay #EPD2020

22.01.2022 Join the campaign to save our neighbourhood centres. www.saveequalpay.com

22.01.2022 Community and disability workers are essential workers. But our work is often overlooked and undervalued. Leaders from the sector have joined together to thank ASU members for the essential work they do. Hear from Australian Council of Social Service, NSW Council of Social Service - NCOSS and the Office of the Children's Guardian.

21.01.2022 Disability advocacy funded for the next three years! #StandByMeNSW

21.01.2022 Tomorrow is the last day of Child Protection Week. Today we’re saying thank you to all the incredible ASU members working on the frontline of child protection - supporting children and young people. It’s the 30th year of National Child Protection Week and the theme is putting children first. Thank you to all the child protection workers who always do this.... Your work is absolutely essential and we’re here by your side. #ValueEssentialWorkers www.napcan.org.au

20.01.2022 200,000 community and disability workers are getting a union won pay rise from today. Find out your new pay rate using our online calculator. https://www.myequalpay.com.au

19.01.2022 When the government announced their plans to increase the cost for social work and similar degrees ASU members signed petitions, wrote to MPs and held meetings in our workplaces. Yesterday 10 ASU members from across Australia met with over 40 politicians from across the political spectrum to explain why this was a bad idea. Today the government has listened to frontline, essential workers and scrapped the fee hike.... Our community workers and social workers do an incredible job supporting some of the most vulnerable in our community. They are frontline and essential workers - and must be valued. https://www.smh.com.au//government-cuts-course-fees-locks-

19.01.2022 This is Tony. Tony is a union delegate at Sydney's Central Station. Tony has been helping people get to and from work on Sydney Trains for 38 years. And he's been an ASU member for over 30 of those.... Tony's work is essential - and it means that other essential workers like disability support workers, teachers, retail workers, nurses, and cleaners can get to work. #ValueEssentialWorkers

19.01.2022 It's your last chance to have your say in our ASU Member Survey. ASU members can go in the draw to win 1 of 10 $50 WISH gift cards and COVID safe prize packs. Your answers help make our union better.... https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2020ASUsurvey

19.01.2022 Before Sally McManus was leading Australian Unions she was leading the fight for Equal Pay for community and disability workers. Hear from Sally on how we won pay rises of up to 45% for essential community workers. All welcome! 12pm Monday November 30th... Join us on zoom: https://bit.ly/39qJt3E

18.01.2022 When the pandemic first hit, unions called for a wage subsidy and unions finally convinced the Government to introduce JobKeeper in April. Now, they're cruelly turning it off too early. 3.5 million people are currently receiving the JobKeeper payment and will be worse off from this week. That’s more than a third of the pre-COVID workforce.... These cuts will hit the most vulnerable workers the hardest. ASU members are invited to an All Member Briefing on changes to JobKeeper and JobSeeker this week hosted by Deputy Secretary Judith Wright (check your email for invitation.) Post your questions below and we’ll answer them at Wednesday’s briefing.

18.01.2022 Today is #EqualPayDay for 200,000 community and disability workers who achieve Equal Pay today. Australian Services Union members won pay increases of between $200 and $650 a week, phased in over 8 years - with the final installment coming from today. Today, former Prime Minister Julia Gillard has a message of congratulations for ASU members.

18.01.2022 Frontline workers are carrying the heaviest load during this pandemic. Now these essential workers need your support. Check out fortheworkers.org.au

18.01.2022 Union members win Paid Pandemic Leave in NSW. The NSW & Federal Governments have finally agreed today that they will provide a paid pandemic leave scheme for workers in NSW - including casuals or contract workers. Unions have been campaigning for paid pandemic leave since March. ... Now it will be available widely for all workers who would otherwise not have income if they have been told by NSW Health from today to isolate or self-quarantine. #ValueEssentialWorkers #PaidPandemicLeave

17.01.2022 "...and I still call Australia home" Qantas didn't need to sack their workers. They need to sack their CEO to save money.

17.01.2022 BREAKING: New research shows 12,000 essential jobs in frontline community services are at risk if the federal government doesn’t act now. Our community sector does incredible work helping the most vulnerable members of our community but we are already underfunded undervalued. Our communities can’t afford a $500 million funding cut.... #SaveEqualPay

17.01.2022 Community and disability workers are between $200 and $650 better off each week because of union won pay rises. On December 1 our pay will go up again - and we will finally achieve Equal Pay. In 2012 the Fair Work Commission and the Federal Government agreed with ASU members that our work was undervalued and underpaid because it was viewed as women's work. We won pay rises of between 23% and 45% that were phased in between then and December 1, 2020.... Our work is essential - we've shown that through the bushfires and the pandemic this year. If you work in the community or disability sector join the equal pay union today. www.asu.asn.au/asujoin.

17.01.2022 Community service organisations fear they will be unable to meet unprecedented demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic due to a looming funding shortfall of up to 20 per cent. 12,000 jobs community sector jobs are at risk if the government walks away from fair funding. Can you email a Government MP today and ask them to Save Equal Pay in the October budget?... https://australianservicesunion.good.do/saveequalpay/email/ Frontline community workers are essential workers who have supported vulnerable people through a year of fires, floods, drought, a global pandemic and now a recession. Community services need more support not less to do the essential work you do. https://www.smh.com.au//smell-of-an-oily-rag-social-servic

16.01.2022 Can we finally close the gender pay gap? Could a Jobs & Wages Guarantee be the key to recovery? How do we build the collective will to secure this change? Join ASU Secretary Natalie Lang, Shadow Education Minister Tanya Plibersek, Former Minister Jenny Macklin and economist Stephen Koukoulas as they answer the question - what happens to our community after COVID-19?... Tuesday 6pm AEDT. All welcome. https://asu-org-au.zoom.us//regi/WN_dexagvSBQQCeU8dixr_Z6g

15.01.2022 Community workers are heroes, but our sector is being abandoned by the Government. Tomorrow we're holding an urgent national zoom meeting for all social and community workers. There is a $500 million funding black hole headed to our essential frontline services and the Federal Government is sitting on their hands, walking away from an 8-year fair funding agreement.... Without the funding, we will see thousands of jobs lost and too many essential services close their doors. If you work in social or community services - make sure you join our national union meeting tomorrow. #SaveEqualPay

15.01.2022 There's only one week until the Federal Budget. That means we only have one week to convince the Federal Government to save 12,000 local community service jobs. Click here to send a Government MP an email and help Save Equal Pay.... https://australianservicesunion.good.do/saveequalpay/email/ #SaveEqualPay

14.01.2022 Join ASU NSW Secretary Natalie Lang in conversation with Tanya Plibersek , former Minister for Community Services and Disability Reform Jenny Macklin , and writer and economist Stephen Koukoulas (The Kouk). In her new book Upturn, Tanya Plibersek has brought together some of the nation’s top thinkers to imagine a better, stronger, fairer Australia after the pandemic. This zoom webinar will discuss some of the ideas proposed in Upturn for the COVID recovery and include insig...hts from ASU members working at the frontline of community services in the pandemic and recession. Register here: https://www.asumembers.org.au/upturn_in_conversation_with_t

12.01.2022 The pandemic demands that we accelerate the inevitable move to paid domestic violence leave," ASU Secretary of NSW and the ACT Natalie Lang said. "Employers are benefiting from being able to transform people's homes into a workspace. They need to accept the responsibilities that come with that." https://www.9news.com.au//7a5abff4-1638-4a73-a5d4-e15c380c

12.01.2022 This is Lisa and Rachel. They are frontline essential workers in Western Sydney. They know that community and neighbourhood services can’t afford a $500 million cut. Especially in a pandemic and recession when people need them most. Tell the Government to save jobs, save services, and save equal pay. ... Support Lisa and Rachel and sign the petition at SaveEqualPay.com

12.01.2022 Disability Support Workers are essential, frontline workers and we need some support, to help give the best support. We need to fix training in the NDIS. A portable training scheme will help make the NDIS the best it can be.... #bestNDIS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEO00RSjYAY

11.01.2022 Today we had a landmark win for ASU members at Qantas. The Federal Court ruled that Qantas misinterpreted the Fair Work Act when calculating JobKeeper payments. The ASU, along with the Flight Attendants’ Association of Australia and Transport Workers Union - TWU brought the case after Qantas short-changed employees over penalty rates earned on the Easter Long Weekend. ... Wage theft doesn't fly with ASU members. Read more: https://www.asumembers.org.au/qantas_wage_theft

09.01.2022 Sally McManus and Michele O'Neil from Australian Unions have a message for all ASU members working on the frontline in the community and disability sector. #ValueEssentialWorkers

09.01.2022 Your ideas and feedback make our whole union better. This year we're also asking about the impact that COVID-19 has had on your work. Every survey entry goes in the draw to win 1 of 10 ASU gift packs which include an ASU face mask, hand sanitiser, and a $50 WISH card.... https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2020ASUsurvey

08.01.2022 Scott Morrison has announced that he will cut JobSeeker payments for 1.5 million Australians a week after Christmas. This heartless cut will push people below the poverty line. It's cruel. This decision will hurt people and damage the economy further.... We need to permanently and adequately increase JobSeeker, Youth Allowance and other income support payments. You can help by calling the Prime Minister's office on 02 6277 7700 and asking him to #RaiseTheRate for good.

08.01.2022 Today, Deputy Secretary Judith Wright addressed the crowd and the media outside Qantas HQ. After announcing 8,500 job cuts since the beginning of the pandemic and stealing $9 million of pay and conditions from workers Qantas wants to move 5000 jobs interstate. Qantas' behaviour doesn't fly with ASU members.

07.01.2022 Hundreds of ASU members and frontline community workers met online today to plan how we are going to Save Equal Pay. We heard from The Australia Institute's Dr Jim Stanford that 12,000 of our jobs are at risk if the Federal Government doesn't commit to ongoing funding. We helped carry Australia through the COVID-19 pandemic, supporting the most vulnerable people in our communities while our essential community services have been in more demand than ever. ... We deserve to be valued and respected, not have our wages, jobs & services cut. We have fought for and won equal pay before and we will do it again. Join the campaign: saveequalpay.com #SaveEqualPay

07.01.2022 The Government is using the pandemic as a cover to attack your super. Don't let them get away with it. Back in 2014 Prime Minister Tony Abbott froze the super guarantee at 9.5%. The Government legistaled that it would go up to 10% in 2021, and then 12% by 2025. It's OK for Tony he gets a $300,000 annual government pension!... For the rest of us, and especially for women, it means retiring in poverty. Already this year 2.7 million people have withdrawn over $33.3 billion in super. https://www.megaphone.org.au//don-t-let-the-morrison-gover

07.01.2022 Happy Wear It Purple Day! Today, we’re celebrating the work of ASU members at LGBTQIA+ organisations such as Twenty10, ACON, Bobby Goldsmith Foundation and Minus18. Union members at these organisations do incredible work to improve the lives of all LGBTQIA+ people and, of course, for our rainbow youth.... Equality is union business, and we will always be by your side.

07.01.2022 This is yet another move by Qantas to rattle the cage of the workforce. - ASU Secretary Natalie Lang spoke to 7NEWS tonight. Qantas has already announced 8,500 job cuts since the beginning of the pandemic and the Federal Government have handed over $500 million in subsidies like JobKeeper to Qantas without any protections for the workers.

06.01.2022 12,000 jobs including in emergency relief, homelessness, and domestic violence services could be axed next year if the Morrison Government fails to replenish funds that were established by the Gillard government in 2012 to support greater pay equity and transparency. We need to save jobs, save services and #SaveEqualPay. https://womensagenda.com.au//vulnerable-women-and-female-/

06.01.2022 The NSW Government want to cut the wages of 1 in 10 workers in NSW. After nurses, teachers, firies, transport workers, water workers and other public sector workers kept us safe during this pandemic. This decision is wrong, and will only lengthen our recession.... Join union members at midday on on Monday at NSW Parliamemt House.

05.01.2022 Charlie wants you to email your MP and help save 12,000 community sector jobs! https://australianservicesunion.good.do/saveequalpay/email/

05.01.2022 Union members have been calling for paid pandemic leave since day one but today the Fair Work Commission has said they need another month to hear evidence that there's an "elevated risk" to essential workers before they make a decision. The Federal Government could fix this with the stroke of a pen, and they would if they spent just one day working with ASU members on the frontline in essential community and disability services. We need to learn from past mistakes and ensure ...that essential workers can get tested and isolate without worrying if they can put food on the table. We've seen this pandemic get out of control in days, we can't afford to wait another month. #ValueEssentialWorkers

05.01.2022 How do we build a fairer, stronger community after COVID? ASU Secretary Natalie Lang will be hosting an online Q&A with Tanya Plibersek, Jenny Macklin and economist Stephen Koukoulas (The Kouk). What does decent work look like? Can we reach full employment? Can we close the gender pay gap? How do we build the collective will for change?... All welcome. Register here: https://asu-org-au.zoom.us//regi/WN_dexagvSBQQCeU8dixr_Z6g

05.01.2022 200,000 community workers are getting a union won pay rise so we're throwing a party. Join us Wednesday at 1pm!200,000 community workers are getting a union won pay rise so we're throwing a party. Join us Wednesday at 1pm!

04.01.2022 Union members working at the Far West Community Legal Centre know the difference that Equal Pay makes to workers in the community sector, particularly in regional NSW. 12,000 essential frontline community sector jobs are at risk. We cannot let our sector go backward- we must Save Equal pay! Sign our petition www.saveequalpay.com.... #SaveEqualPay

04.01.2022 Community and disability workers will finally achieve Equal Pay on December 1, 2020. Union members have worked for years to make this a reality. These pay rises mean community and disability workers are at least $200 better off each week! ... So, we're throwing a party and everyone's invited. Join us from your workplace or loungeroom for a lunchtime zoom party! You won't want to miss this (dance skills absolutely not required). https://asu-org-au.zoom.us//tJMkf-irpjwrHdJEafQq09o-Fw-TdJ

03.01.2022 Frontline community workers are essential workers! Workers in Western Sydney, and across Australia, are fighting to Save Equal Pay and protect 12,000 frontline community sector jobs. Help us by sending an email to a Government MP and let them know that they need to save jobs, save services and save equal pay in October's Federal Budget.... https://australianservicesunion.good.do/saveequalpay/email/ #SaveEqualPay

03.01.2022 Today the ACT Government announced they would step in and Save Equal Pay in Canberra with a $9 million commitment to keeping vital community services sector jobs funded. Congratulations to all ASU members in Canberra who won Equal Pay back in 2012 and have now won it again in 2020. The ACT joins most other states and territories - it's now time for the Federal Government to commit to paying their fair share.... Demand for community workers has never been more intense, with millions of Australians facing hardship in the wake of Covid-19. We can't afford to slash half a billion dollars from social services next year. Sign the petition www.saveequalpay.com.

02.01.2022 Essential community services shouldn't have to choose between cutting 12,000 jobs, closing services or reducing frontline workers' pay. Social workers, youth workers, women's refuge workers and community mental health workers are needed now more than ever. We can't afford a $500 million funding cut. ... Sign the petition: saveequalpay.com #SaveEqualPay

02.01.2022 Medical experts have congratulated ASU members and Sydney Water workers for playing a critical part in the nation's coronavirus response. Not only have union members have kept our water safe and clean but we’re keeping communities safe by testing our sewage for COVID-19. Essential workers like ASU member Aaron deserve our thanks not a pay cut.... But the largest employer in the country, the NSW Government, are trying to cut the pay of nurses, teachers, fire fighters - for 1 in 10 workers in NSW. #ValueEssentialWorkers http://www.abc.net.au//covid-sewage-testing-makes/12875682

01.01.2022 What happens when working from home isn’t safe? Reports continue to show that there has been an alarming increase in violence against women during the pandemic. For many people experiencing family violence, their workplace is the only safe place. It is a space where arrangements can be safely made to leave family violence.... Tomorrow is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and in association with Unions NSW and RDVSA, we have developed a guide to working From Home - when home isn't safe. Join the online launch of this critical resource at 11am on Wednesday 25 November. The resource will be available to download following the launch. https://actionnetwork.org//we-wont-wait-16-days-of-action/ #WeWontWait #WeWontWaitDV

01.01.2022 Community and disability workers are $200 - $650 bet tor off each week thanks to union won pay rises. https://myequalpay.com.au

01.01.2022 Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is considering "ripping $1630 a year from the average worker’s nest egg". Ask the Morrison Government to now walk away from their commitment to increase superannuation for all Australians. Any further delay to the super guarantee increase will rob millions of workers of a fair and decent retirement - including essential workers who are getting us through this pandemic. ... Sign the petition. https://www.megaphone.org.au//don-t-let-the-morrison-gover